Residents of Blakely want Mellow's name off park

BLAKELY, Pa. (AP) — Some residents of a northeastern Pennsylvania borough want to rename a community park following the conviction of former state Sen. Robert Mellow.

Blakely resident Tom Dubas has launched a Facebook page calling for Mellow's name to be removed from the park. The Times-Tribune of Scranton reports http://bit.ly/VkYJjd that Dubas wants to rename the park in honor of Pennsylvania Army National Guard Sgt. Jan Argonish, a borough resident killed in Afghanistan in 2007.

The Facebook page has garnered more than 350 "likes" since being created Tuesday night.

Mellow Park was named after the former Senate Democratic leader in the early 1990s. Mellow pleaded guilty in a public corruption case and will report to federal prison on Jan. 15 to begin a 16-month sentence.